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• Angela Maria Seraphina Penneman, De Klinge
• Anna Hameete, Oude Tonge († 1940)
• Aline Hortence Pieters, Lokeren († 1992)
• Alida Berger, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1985)
• Adriaan Jansen, Haarlemmermeer († 1952)
• Allegonda Hendrika Pistoor, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Nederland
• Adrianus C. Diepstraten, Oosterhout († 1991)
• anna gertruda hubertina paulina ("moeke simons") vossen, nederweert († 1978)
• Alida Hendrika Jozefa Koedijk, Zwolle, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1931)
• Adrianus Mol, Rhenen († 1908)

• Anna Isabella Coenen (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna As, van (71), Noordgouwe gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Anna Cornelia de Jong (44), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Barteles Bouma (26), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hoebeke (61), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) DE BOER (0), Brink en Orden (Apeldoorn) Gelderland Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Brokken (50), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Allegonda van den Heuvel (65), Wamel
• Aartje van Laar (84), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Vertommen (77), Koningshooikt, België

• 1904 » Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer († 1980)
• 1904 » Emily Hahn, American journalist and author († 1997)
• 1905 » Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer († 1991)
• 1905 » Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan († 1995)
• 1906 » William Bendix, American actor († 1964)
• 1907 » Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1985)
• 1908 » Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor († 1934)
• 1909 » Brenda Forbes, English-American actress († 1996)
• 1909 » Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1911 » Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author († 1998)

• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 » Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
• 1905 » Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840)
• 1907 » Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
• 1908 » Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1919 » Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
• 1920 » John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.

The temperature on January 14, 1908 was between -9.5 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -4.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.